Improvement in butter-prints



lvrrnn STATES ATENT IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTER-PRINTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 161,464, dated March 30, 1875; application filed December 17, 1874.

' the sizes of the molds are more or less varied from the original sizes, and also to overcome the difficulty of keeping them clean.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top view of the mold on which the lump of butter is formed by hand. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Like letters of reference in both figures indicate the same parts.

7 A represents the plate of the print formed of metal, which is shown in the drawings of circular form, merely for the sake of illustration. It has a porcelain face made by sprinkling the pulverized porcelain upon its prepared surface, and then baking it in the usual manner ofenamelin g iron-ware, whereby the printis prevented from oxidation, and is thereby much preferable to a plain iron print, which readily oxidizes. It is also better than a print made entirely of porcelain, as such a print is liable to break, especially in frosty weather. 0 is the handle for manipulation.

I claim as my invention- A butter-print having a porcelain or enameled face, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ROBERT S. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses THOMAS J. BEWLEY, STEPHEN Usrrorr. 

